Piracy is considered an actual threat in nowadays sailing on international waters.
Piracy prone areas include middle and north of Indian Ocean and from west towards Aden gulf and Babalmndb, from east towards western beaches of India and south Sri Lanka even up to the entrance of Malacca channel.
In most of the cases the pirates steal the vessel together with the goods and articles being carried and it ends up by tacking large amounts of money in exchange for hostage taken personnel especially commanders and officers of the vessel.
The area of pirates’ activity is of great importance because 60 to70 percent of energy transit of the world takes place in this area so that providing security of sailing for vessels of Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries in the world is of much too much importance.
Considering the issues mentioned above in the Esfand of 1392 (March of 2014), measures were taken to found a security company in order to provide security for vessels and tankers of Islamic Republic of Iran and other applicant vessels. The company is named “Mokran Imen Parsa”and registered under number 436247 will officially begin its activities by Mehr 1393 “September of 2014”.
